SIST EN 12312-1:2024
(Main)Aircraft ground support equipment - Specific requirements - Part 1: Passenger stairs
Aircraft ground support equipment - Specific requirements - Part 1: Passenger stairs
This European Standard specifies the technical requirements to minimise the hazards listed in Clause 4 which can arise during the commissioning, the operation and the maintenance of passenger stairs when used as intended, including misuse reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer, when carried out in accordance with the specifications given by the manufacturer or his authorised representative. It also takes into account some requirements recognised as essential by authorities, aircraft and ground support equipment (GSE) manufacturers as well as airlines and handling agencies.
This European Standard applies to:
a) self-propelled stairs with seated driver;
b) pedestrian controlled stairs;
c) towable stairs equipped with powered means, e.g. for height adjustment, stabilisers;
d) automatic levelling systems of stairs
for embarking/disembarking of passengers.
Powered should also be understood as manual effort stored in springs or hydraulic accumulators, etc., the dangerous action of which can be produced or can continue after the manual effort has ceased or directly applied manual effort for lifting or lowering loads.
Those clauses of this standard that can apply may also be used as a guideline for the design of towable stairs without powered means.
This European Standard does not establish additional requirements for the following:
1) persons falling out of an aircraft with the passenger stairs not in position;
2) hazards resulting from a moving stairway (escalator);
3) upper deck door access.
This part of EN 12312 is not applicable to passenger stairs which are manufactured before the date of publication by CEN of this standard.
This part of EN 12312 when used in conjunction with EN 1915-1, EN 1915-2, EN 1915-3 and EN 1915-4 provides the requirements for passenger stairs.
Luftfahrt-Bodengeräte - Besondere Anforderungen - Teil 1: Fluggasttreppen
Dieses Dokument legt die technischen Anforderungen an Fluggasttreppen zur Verminderung der in Abschnitt 4 aufgelisteten Gefährdungen fest, die bei Inbetriebnahme, Betrieb und Wartung auftreten können, wenn diese in Übereinstimmung mit den Anweisungen des Herstellers oder dessen Beauftragten, ausgeführt werden, einschließlich vom Hersteller vernünftigerweise vorhersehbarer Fehlanwendung. Sie berücksichtigt auch einige Funktions- und Gestaltungsanforderungen, die von offiziellen Stellen, den Herstellern von Luftfahrzeugen und Bodengeräten (GSE, en: ground support equipment) sowie Luftverkehrs- und Abfertigungsgesellschaften als wesentlich erachtet wurden.
Dieses Dokument gilt für:
a) selbstfahrende Fluggasttreppen mit Fahrersitz oder stehender Fahrerposition mit einer Höchstgeschwindigkeit über 6 km/h (Kategorie A);
b) schleppbare Fluggasttreppen mit selbstfahrender Funktion beim Andocken mit Höchstgeschwindigkeit von bis zu 6 km/h mit Fahrsteuerung am Boden, Fernsteuerung oder stehender Fahrerposition (Kategorie B);
c) schleppbare Treppen, mit manueller Positionierung, mit kraftbetriebenen Einrichtungen, z. B. zur Höhenanpassung, Abstützungen (Kategorie C);
d) automatische Nachführeinrichtungen für Treppen, die für das Ein- und Aussteigen von Fluggästen bestimmt sind.
Dieses Dokument gilt nicht für Treppen, die für das Befahren des öffentlichen Verkehrsraums beabsichtigt sind.
Unter „kraftbetrieben“ ist auch die in Federn oder hydraulischen Akkumulatoren o. ä. gespeicherte menschliche Arbeitskraft zu verstehen, deren gefährliche Wirkung kann nach Beendigung der menschlichen Tätigkeit, oder als unmittelbar angewandte menschliche Arbeitskraft zum Heben oder Senken von Lasten erzeugt werden oder weiter bestehen.
Zutreffende Abschnitte dieses Dokuments können auch als Grundlage für die Gestaltung von schleppbaren Treppen ohne kraftbetätigte Einrichtungen dienen.
Dieses Dokument legt keine zusätzlichen Anforderungen an Folgendes fest:
e) Personen, die aus dem Luftfahrzeug fallen, wenn sich die Fluggasttreppe nicht an ihrem Platz befindet;
f) Gefahren, die durch eine sich bewegende Treppe (Rolltreppe) entstehen;
g) Zugang zu Oberdecktüren des Luftfahrzeugs.
Es gelten keine anderen Anforderungen an Lärm und Schwingungen, als in EN 1915 3:2004+A1:2009 und EN 1915 4:2004+A1:2009 angegeben.
ANMERKUNG EN 1915 3:2004+A1:2009 und EN 1915 4:2004+A1:2009 enthalten die allgemeinen GSE-Schwingungs- und Lärmanforderungen.
Dieses Dokument gilt nicht für Fluggasttreppen, die vor dem Datum der Veröffentlichung hergestellt wurden.
Wenn dieser Teil der EN 12312 in Verbindung mit EN 1915 1:2023, EN 1915 2:2001+A1:2009, EN 1915 3:2004+A1:2009 und EN 1915 4:2004+A1:2009 angewendet wird, sieht er die Anforderungen an Fluggasttreppen vor.
Matériel au sol pour aéronefs - Exigences particulières - Partie 1 : Escaliers passagers
Le présent document spécifie les exigences techniques pour réduire à un minimum les phénomènes dangereux énumérés à l’Article 4 qui peuvent survenir lors de la mise en service, l'exploitation et la maintenance des escaliers passagers lorsqu'ils sont utilisés tel que préconisé, y compris la mauvaise utilisation raisonnablement prévisible par le fabricant, lorsqu'elles sont réalisées selon les spécifications émises par le constructeur ou son représentant autorisé. Il prend également en compte certaines exigences reconnues comme essentielles par les autorités, les constructeurs d’aéronefs et de matériel au sol (GSE, ground support equipment), ainsi que par les compagnies aériennes et les agences de manutention au sol.
Le présent document s’applique aux types de matériels suivants :
a) escaliers passagers autotractés avec opérateur en position assise ou debout dont la vitesse de pointe dépasse 6 km/h (catégorie A) ;
b) escaliers passagers tractés, avec fonction automotrice à l’accostage, une vitesse de pointe jusqu’à 6 km/h, à commandes d’entraînement depuis le sol, à distance ou un poste conducteur debout (catégorie B) ;
c) escaliers tractés, à positionnement manuel, avec équipements motorisés tels que réglage de la hauteur, stabilisateurs (catégorie C) ;
d) systèmes de mise à niveau automatique (isonivelage) des escaliers pour l'embarquement/le débarquement des passagers.
Le présent document ne s’applique pas aux escaliers destinés à une utilisation sur les voies publiques.
Il convient également d’entendre par « motorisé » un effort manuel emmagasiné dans des ressorts ou des accumulateurs hydrauliques, etc., susceptible de provoquer un risque ou de le faire durer après arrêt de l’effort manuel, ou un effort manuel direct pour le levage ou l’abaissement de charges.
Les articles applicables du présent document peuvent également servir de guide pour la conception d'escaliers tractés sans équipements motorisés.
Le présent document n’établit pas d’exigences supplémentaires pour :
e) les chutes de personnes d'un aéronef dues au fait que les escaliers passagers ne sont pas en position ;
f) les dangers dus aux escaliers roulants (escalators) ;
g) l’accès à la porte du pont supérieur de l’aéronef.
Le présent document ne spécifie pas d'exigences autres que celles de l’EN 1915 3:2004+A1:2009 et l’EN 1915 4:2004+A1:2009 pour les dangers causés par le bruit et les vibrations.
NOTE L’EN 1915 3:2004+A1:2009 et l’EN 1915 4:2004+A1:2009 fournissent les exigences générales de bruit et de vibrations des GSE.
Le présent document ne s’applique pas aux escaliers passagers fabriqués avant sa date de publication.
Cette partie de l’EN 12312, lorsqu’elle est utilisée conjointement avec l’EN 1915-1:2023, l’EN 1915 2:2001+A1:2009, l’EN 1915-3:2004+A1:2009 et l’EN 1915 4:2004+A1:2009, fournit les exigences pour les escaliers passagers.
Podporna oprema na tleh za letalski promet - Posebne zahteve - 1. del: Stopnice za potnike
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-september-2024
Podporna oprema na tleh za letalski promet - Posebne zahteve - 1. del: Stopnice za
potnike
Aircraft ground support equipment - Specific requirements - Part 1: Passenger stairs
Luftfahrt-Bodengeräte - Besondere Anforderungen - Teil 1: Fluggasttreppen
Matériel au sol pour aéronefs - Exigences particulières - Partie 1 : Escaliers passagers
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 12312-1:2024
ICS:
49.100 Oprema za servis in Ground service and
vzdrževanje na tleh maintenance equipment
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
EN 12312-1
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
July 2024
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 49.100 Supersedes EN 12312-1:2013
English Version
Aircraft ground support equipment - Specific
requirements - Part 1: Passenger stairs
Matériel au sol pour aéronefs - Exigences particulières Luftfahrt-Bodengeräte - Besondere Anforderungen -
- Partie 1 : Escaliers passagers Teil 1: Fluggasttreppen
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 26 May 2024.
CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this
European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references
concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN
member.
This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by
translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management
Centre has the same status as the official versions.
CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway,
Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and
United Kingdom.
EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION
COMITÉ EUROPÉEN DE NORMALISATION
EUROPÄISCHES KOMITEE FÜR NORMUNG
CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Rue de la Science 23, B-1040 Brussels
© 2024 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. EN 12312-1:2024 E
worldwide for CEN national Members.
Contents Page
European foreword . 3
Introduction . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 Normative references . 7
3 Terms and definitions . 8
4 List of hazards . 9
5 Safety requirements and/or measures . 9
5.1 General requirements . 9
5.2 Safeguards against falling . 10
5.3 Stair flight . 11
5.4 Platforms . 12
5.5 Guard rails . 13
5.6 Raising devices and stability . 14
5.7 Controls, monitoring devices and displays for Category A and Category B passenger
stairs . 15
5.8 Auxiliary means for powered passenger stairs . 15
5.9 Canopy . 15
5.10 Automatic levelling system . 16
5.11 Optional Aircraft two stages approach system. 16
6 Verification of requirements . 17
6.1 General . 17
6.2 Guard rails . 17
6.3 Barrier . 17
6.4 Platforms and steps . 17
6.5 Manual movement of Category C stairs . 17
7 Information for use . 18
7.1 Marking . 18
7.2 Warnings . 18
7.3 Instructions . 18
Annex A (informative) List of significant hazards . 19
Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the essential
requirements of Directive 2006/42/EC aimed to be covered . 22
Bibliography . 28
European foreword
This document (EN 12312-1:2024) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 274 “Aircraft
ground support equipment”, the secretariat of which is held by DIN.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by January 2025, and conflicting national standards shall
be withdrawn at the latest by January 2025.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document supersedes EN 12312-1:2013.
This document has been prepared under a standardization request addressed to CEN by the European
Commission. The Standing Committee of the EFTA States subsequently approves these requests for its
Member States.
For the relationship with EU Legislation, see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this
document.
The main technical changes compared to the previous version of this document are the following:
a) the Scope was updated;
b) Clause 2, Normative references, was updated;
c) Clause 5, Safety requirements and/or measures, has been completely revised including the following:
d) 5.1, General requirements, has been revised with the deletion of the former subclauses 5.1.3, 5.1.12
and 5.1.13 as well as the addition of the new subclauses 5.1.9, 5.1.13, 5.1.14 and 5.1.15 concerning
new requirements for standing drivers positions, the design of towable stairs for the pushing or
pulling effort, the marking and the placement of handles on all other manually moved passenger
stairs, performance levels changed in several places in the document;
e) 5.4, Platforms, has been updated with the addition of subclause 5.4.8 concerning safety clearances
for all doors/aircrafts of GSE;
f) Clause 7, Information for use, was updated with the addition of a new requirement for markings on
passenger stairs;
g) Annex A, List of significant hazards, has been updated;
h) the Bibliography was updated.
EN 12312, Aircraft ground support equipment — Specific requirements, consists of the following parts:
— Part 1: Passenger stairs (the present document);
— Part 2: Catering vehicles;
— Part 3: Conveyor belt vehicles;
— Part 4: Passenger boarding bridges;
— Part 5: Aircraft fuelling equipment;
— Part 6: Deicers and deicing/anti-icing equipment;
— Part 7: Aircraft movement equipment;
— Part 8: Maintenance or service stairs and platforms;
— Part 9: Container/Pallet loaders;
— Part 10: Container/Pallet transfer transporters;
— Part 11: Container/Pallet dollies and loose load trailers;
— Part 12: Potable water service equipment;
— Part 13: Lavatory service equipment;
— Part 14: Disabled/incapacitated passenger boarding vehicles;
— Part 15: Baggage and equipment tractors;
— Part 16: Air start equipment;
— Part 17: Air conditioning equipment;
— Part 18: Nitrogen or Oxygen units;
— Part 19: Aircraft jacks, axle jacks and hydraulic tail stanchions;
— Part 20: Electrical ground power units.
Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards body.
A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia,
Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland,
Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North
Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and the United
Kingdom.
Introduction
This document defines health and safety requirements, for stairs including a built-in source of power (see
Clause 1, Scope) intended for passengers embarking/disembarking aircraft.
The minimum essential criteria are considered to be of primary importance in providing safe, serviceable,
economical, and practical passenger stairs. Deviations should occur only after careful consideration,
extensive testing, risk assessment and service evaluation have shown alternative methods or conditions
to be satisfactory. Such deviations are outside the scope of this document and a manufacturer should be
able to demonstrate an equivalent level of protection.
This document is a type-C standard as stated in EN ISO 12100.
This document is of relevance, in particular, for the following stakeholder groups representing the market
players with regard to machinery safety:
— machine manufacturers (small, medium and large enterprises);
— health and safety bodies (regulators, accident prevention organizations, market surveillance etc.).
Others can be affected by the level of machinery safety achieved with the means of the document by the
above-mentioned stakeholder groups:
— machine users/employers (small, medium and large enterprises);
— machine users/employees (e.g. trade unions, organizations for people with special needs);
— service providers, e.g. for maintenance (small, medium and large enterprises);
— consumers (in case of machinery intended for use by consumers).
The above-mentioned stakeholder groups have been given the possibility to participate at the drafting
process of this document. The machinery concerned and the extent to which hazards, hazardous
situations or hazardous events are covered are indicated in the Scope of this document. When
requirements of this type-C standard are different from those which are stated in type-A or type-B
standards, the requirements of this type-C standard take precedence over the requirements of the other
standards for machines that have been designed and built according to the requirements of this type-C
standard.
1 Scope
This document specifies the technical requirements to minimize the hazards listed in Clause 4 which can
arise during the commissioning, the operation and the maintenance of passenger stairs when used as
intended, including misuse reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer, when carried out in accordance
with the specifications given by the manufacturer or his authorized representative. It also takes into
account some requirements recognized as essential by authorities, aircraft and ground support
equipment (GSE) manufacturers as well as airlines and ground handling agencies.
This document applies to:
a) self-propelled passeng
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